韩国国税厅对Baemin、Pulmuone、Musinsa等41家企业启动约1万亿韩元逃税嫌疑调查

Tax Agency Probes 41 Firms Including Baemin Over 1 Trillion Won in Suspected Evasion - Seoul Economic Daily
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Baedal Minjok, South Korea's largest food delivery platform, is facing a tax audit over allegations it failed to pay more than 100 billion won in withholding tax. Photo courtesy of Baedal Minjok
Baedal Minjok, South Korea's largest food ordering and delivery platform known as Baemin, faces a tax investigation over suspicions that it shifted more than 1 trillion won in domestic profits to its German parent company and avoided paying more than 100 billion won in taxes. Pulmuone and Musinsa, companies closely tied to everyday consumer prices, were also named as targets.
The National Tax Service said on Sept. 14 that it had launched investigations into a total of 41 companies: 23 in agricultural and livestock product distribution, 16 in processed foods, restaurant franchises and delivery platforms, and two in fashion platforms. The combined amount of suspected tax evasion by these companies is about 1 trillion won.
The tax agency suspects that Baedal Minjok used complex capital transactions instead of ordinary dividend or interest payments to move profits to its overseas parent, thereby avoiding withholding tax obligations in South Korea. It is also examining allegations that the company provided business support services to overseas affiliates free of charge and improperly claimed value-added tax deductions on purchases.
Pulmuone is suspected of passing costs that should have been borne by its domestic and overseas affiliates on to consumers by including them in product costs, and of providing funds to overseas affiliates without collecting interest. At the two fashion platforms, including Musinsa, investigators identified suspicions of omitted sales, excessive payments for advertising and services, and cost inflation through purchases of inventory at inflated prices.
The National Tax Service said it will immediately convert the investigations into criminal tax probes if intentional tax evasion is confirmed.
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Original reporting by
Seo Min-woo
for Seoul Economic Daily.
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